Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.

The constant attention is what is so difficult.

I saw my parents as gods whose every wish must be obeyed or I would suffer the penalty of anguish and guilt.

I never knew motherhood could be so truly gratifying until I had Natasha.

I didn't know who the hell I was. I was whoever they wanted me to be.

I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make.

For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life revolves around Richard and the baby.

I'm just going to have to grow old, because I'm too terrified to have anything done.

From ages 10 to 12 or so, I barely remember anything.

My mother used to tell me, No matter what they ask you, always say yes. You can learn later.

The times that I have done something that I didn't respond to emotionally right away, it's generally not worked out too well.

I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was.

There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type.

Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.

Warren and I are friends, but working with him had been difficult.

Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself.

I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. My mother or a social worker always went with me.

I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.

I thought it was a wonderful line - right on the cutting room floor.

I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to.

When I get married it will be for keeps.

We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.

If I didn't believe in what I'm doing, I'd rather go to work in a dime store.

The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby.

At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space.

We were descended from royalty.

I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a child. I didn't like any of the things other children were interested in.

Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.

Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.

My friends seem much more excited about my doing Anastasia than Brainstorm... and to tell you the truth, I feel the same way.

I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool.

Almost every girl falls in love with the wrong man, I suppose it's part of growing up.

A lot changed when I had Natasha. I'm a survivor.

At night when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space.

My favorite actor is Wallace Beery.

I've been a very lucky actor.

I don't think I could be happy as an actor if there was a tyrant on the set.

When I was starting to get noticed as an actor in the 1970s for something other than the third cowboy on the right who ended up dying in every movie or episode, Burt Reynolds was the biggest star in the world.

Most parts that can be played by one actor can equally well be played by another, but not this.

I think, frankly, that I'm a better director than I was an actor.

I knew an actor's career goes up and down and back up again. Your standing in this business can't be your whole identity; otherwise, you're doomed.

I don't think any actor feels comfortable watching themselves in movies. You must be very narcissistic. The problem with your own opinion of yourself is that contrary to the normal spectators, when you watch a film you are in, you only watch yourself.

I don't think there has been any increase in sophistication in the audience. When people are aware of a concept that's easy to understand, and there's an actor who will attract them to the theater and it's a movie that's funny three-quarters of the time, it will be successful.

I never dreamed about being an actor, because that was out of reach. Coming from a small town that was big in farming, and also big in clothing factories, you don't dream about being a professional football player or an actor.

My goal was always to be recognized as a good actor but no one was interested in that, simply because society just wants to warm towards your appearance. This is the great blemish of society.

If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable.

To be honest with you, when I got into this I never thought about reviews. I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.

It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist.

I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that.